All spirals

I thought I'd put all the spirals together now. There are quite a few.

The ones I know of are: Cellini spiral

embellished right angle weave-

http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-spirals-again.html

Double spiral rope

Aussie Spiral

Netted spiral

Russian spiral

Dutch spiral

- http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/03/beaded-spirals.html

Flat spiral

- http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/03/spirals-spirals-and-more-spirals.html

Another type of Dutch spiral

- http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-spiral.html

Basic spiral rope

- http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-spirals.html

HerringboneSpiral

Other types of spirals are: Triple spiral rope, African helix, and there are variations on the basic spiral rope.

Hmmm, looks like I need to make some more tutorials.



More added

Wire Trees now available

beaded tree

gem tree

wire tree

These are the wire trees now available at Craft Cove

gem tree

beaded tree

wire tree

Wire trees or tree sculptures

beaded trees, gem trees, wire trees

Wire trees are also known as beaded trees, wire tree sculptures, tree sculptures, wire bonsai trees, gem trees and model trees.

beaded trees, tree sculptures

They are made by twisting many, many wires together and are then shaped into a tree shape. My knowledge of bonsai helps me with this process.

With my trees the roots are wrapped around and under the rock to give it a bonsai look. Having studied a little about bonsai many years ago, I know this is called the “root-over-rock” style.

I like to add felt to the bottom of each rock to cover the wire ends so that they won’t scratch the surface they’re sitting on.

All of these trees are one-of-a-kind, no two trees are exactly alike.

Here's a sneak peek.



They'll all be available from Craft Cove soon.

BEADED FLOWERS - NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT

crystal bouquet

Don’t let allergies stop you from having your favourite flowers on your wedding day. Beaded flowers can be made to resemble almost any real flower seen in nature, or can be total fantasy and unique. They can even be made in to different sizes to that seen in nature. But being made of wire and beads, there is no pollen to be allergic to. There’ll be none of the sneezing, itchy eyes, or asthma attacks to spoil your special day.

beaded rose bud

Beaded flowers can be made from many different types of weaves. The most common ones are either the French Beading method, or the Victorian Beaded method. Both use wire for assembling the petals, but Victorian is usually made with horizontal rows of beads, whereas French is made with the rows going vertically around the central vertical row. Both methods are then joined to a wire stem, and is then carefully wrapped in florists tape.

beaded fuchsia

The flowers can be made into anything from table arrangements and centrepieces, to bridal bouquets and bridesmaids bouquets, and even made as wedding favours.

beaded wedding bouquet

The other great thing about beaded flowers, is that they can last a lifetime. Making them a lasting keepsake in memory of your wedding day.

beaded daisy

Written by Jenny Lawson

From Craft Cove
http://craftcove.weebly.com

And Flower Cove
http://flowercove.weebly.com

Everything moved

I've finally finished moving all of Craft Cove from the freewebs site to the weebly site

So now you can find all the jewellery, gifts and ornaments at http:craftcove.weebly.com

and all the beaded flowers, and hair accessories at http://flowercove.weebly.com